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Old 07-05-2006, 07:01 PM
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Unhappy help! my phal is not happy and I'm new to orchids

I received a phal as a gift a couple of months ago. Within a month, the new buds in my phal were not blooming but wrinkling up. My leaves were also a bit wrinkled, so I figured it was receiving too much light. I moved my plant and started giving it weak fertilized water once a week. New blooms started to grow and were just about to open when suddenly one of the spikes suddenly turned tan and died. I saw it had what looked like white spots at the base of it. I cut off the spike at the base and wiped the white spots. The other spike is sill alive but the blooms are whithering again. Someone told me that my phal has mealy bugs but I don't see any of them (I looked at several pictures of mealy bugs). I did see a very small, slender grey bug running around the bark. I would be very grateful for someone to help me figure out what to do for my plant.
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